The Newton Hill area is
comprised of the Sudbury
Valley Trustees
Walkup and Robinson Memorial Reservation and Prentiss
Forest Homeowners' Land. The 62-acre Walkup and Robinson Memorial
Reservation was a bequest to the Sudbury Valley Trustees in 1980 by Lawrence
Walkup, a farmer and lifelong resident of the town. The reservation is a
memorial to his parents and to the four generations of his family that farmed
this land.

The property includes
mixed hardwoods and old pasture uplands, an open field, wooded wetland, and a
small spring-fed pond. There is a variety of trails for easy walking
through the woods.\

Photo Courtesy of Don Burn

Trolley Right of Way

The Boston and Worcester
Street Railway, a trolley line, ran through the property until 1931. The line
is now a trail on the property. The trolley line continues west from
the reservation, but unfortunately the owner has recently closed the section
just west of the reservation. Once across the Connector Road, the
trolley right of way is a public trail through the Prentiss Forest subdivision.

One
lovely feature of the SVT reservation is a field with a number of bluebird
houses, which have attracted the intended inhabitants. It is pleasant to sit
along the edge of the field and watch the bluebirds flying about. The
installation of bluebird houses in many locations in Westborough and
neighboring towns is part of an effort to bring bluebirds back to this area.

The SVT
property has become a favorite area for workers from the nearby office parks
to lunch, walk, or jog. Many of these offices have extended private
trails to the SVT reservation.